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maloca

Portuguese, noun/maˈlɔ.kɐ/

maloca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a maloca” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of malocar.

What does maloca mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea maloca

  2. 2

    Brazilfeminineshack, hut

  3. 3

    Brazilfeminineaffectionate term for a home or habitation

  4. 4

    Brazilfemininea crudely built home or habitation

  5. 5

    Brazilfemininehideout

  6. 6

    Brazilfemininean Indian settlement

  7. 7

    Brazilfemininescum (an untrustworthy group of people)

  8. 8

    femininelivestock that cowboys gather during vaquejadas and take to a corral

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative of malocar

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative of malocar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of maloca

  • malocas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce maloca?

  • Brazil /maˈlɔ.kɐ/
  • Portugal /mɐˈlɔ.kɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is maloca in Portuguese?

maloca appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).